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A report in The Guardian looks at the increasing number of cosmetic surgeons who specialise in what has become known as "undo-plasty".
The article looks at surgeons like Naresh Joshi, who specialises in eyelid surgery.
He says that about 15% of his work involves correcting other surgeons' work, especially lids that can no longer close. "I think it's a teaching issue," he says. "People are doing surgery they are not familiar with. But redos are much more difficult than the primary operation. Less is more."
A survey by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons found that 33% of surgeons had done "much more" repair work in the past five years, blaming the rise in cheap cosmetic surgery holidays.
Rhinoplasty surgeon Julian Rowe-Jones estimates that more than a third of the procedures he carries out are corrective. "I have had [other surgeons'] patients come to me saying they wish they'd never had it done," he says.
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